Living in Palmview, TX: what to set up and who to call
Agua SUD reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: chlorite, beginning Mar 2023. Oncor delivers the power in Palmview, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Palmview, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Palmview.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Palmview.
Start or move service: oncor.com · (888) 875-6279
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Agua SUD
Agua SUD supplies Palmview: about 92% of residents live in its service area. Hidalgo County MUD 1 serves another 8%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 53,796 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: chlorite, beginning Mar 2023. 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s lower than 57% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX1080022.
9 home internet providers serve Palmview
100% of 5,364 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 58% | 5,120/5,120 |
| VTX1 | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 40% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 34% | 100/20 |
| Coba Internet | Cable, Fixed wireless | 6% | 10/1 |
| Smartcom Telephone | Fiber | 5% | 5,000/5,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Palmview depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Palmview, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofpalmview.gov →
- Bulky itemsOnce a month
From cityofpalmview.gov, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025-01-14, 2026-01-08, 2026-01-08T22:54:06+00:00. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Palmview is in La Joya Independent School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Palmview spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Palmview residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Palmview | ZIP’s residents in Palmview |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78572 | Mission, TX | 75% | 15% |
| 78574 | Mission, TX | 25% | 6% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Palmview
Who supplies Palmview’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Agua SUD (EPA ID TX1080022). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: chlorite. 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Palmview?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Palmview?
Spectrum, Metronet, VTX1, AT&T, Coba Internet, Smartcom Telephone (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Palmview?
78572 (75%), 78574 (25%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Palmview in?
La Joya Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Palmview?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Hidalgo County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Palmview’s own website (cityofpalmview.gov, storage.googleapis.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.